Новости за 23.03.2022

TOPEKA, (KSNT)--- Several controversial measures are moving above the line as lawmakers wrap-up before a long weekend. The state Senate recommended a bill be passed on Wednesday, restricting the power of Kansas health officials in dealing with infectious diseases. It provides a list of restrictions for the state's health secretary and local health officers, and [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - After a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper risked his life to help stranded motorists caught in the middle of a winter storm, Governor Laura Kelly and KHP Colonel Herman Jones took time to recognize his actions. Master Trooper Karl Koenig risked his own personal safety to help people stranded on the Kansas Turnpike [...]

EMPORIA (KSNT) - Students asked for it, and Emporia State University responded. In the fall of 2020, a survey went out to Emporia State University students asking how they want to spend a bond that had been used to build a Student Recreation Center. With the student center paid off, student fees were used to [...]

TOPEKA, (KSNT)--- A bill restricting the power of Kansas health officials is advancing. The state Senate recommended the bill be passed on Wednesday. Senate Bill 489 would remove certain authority from the secretary of health and environment and local health officials when dealing with infectious or contagious diseases. It mainly focuses on their ability to [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Alice C. Sabatini Art gallery's latest exhibit, Resilience, is an exhibit about the Japanese Internment camps during WWII. "This traveling exhibit from ExhibitsUSA is about the third generation from Japanese Internment camps, Japanese Americans and citizens that had family in the internment camps and their processing of that trauma and dealing [...]

According to NFL Network Ian Rapoport, Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill is seeking a trade.

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The University of Kansas Jayhawks will start the trip to Chicago and the Sweet 16 Wednesday afternoon, March 23, when their bus arrives at Forbes Field at 2:30 p.m. Their plane departs for Chicago at 3 p.m. KU beat Creighton Bluejays men's basketball on March 19 with a final score of 79-72 [...]

HAYSVILLLE, Kan. (AP) - Two men have been arrested in the February shooting death of another man whose body was found outside a suburban Wichita home, according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office. Jim Sanchez, 27, and Justinlee Welch, 25, both of Wichita, were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of first-degree murder, robbery and kidnapping, the [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Topeka Mayor Mike Padilla stopped by KSNT Wednesday morning for a conversation about the Small Business Administration, progress in the selection of a new city manager and the Shawnee County Crime Stoppers chili cookoff. The Shawnee County Crime Stoppers Chili Battle will take place at Lee Arena on the campus of Washburn [...]

Scattered showers look to remain possible through the day today, mainly in the eastern half of the area. A few snowflakes could mix in early Wednesday until we climb into the 40s, as well. It's going to feel pretty cold today, too, as our winds continue to be breezy out of the north and west. [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - A bill in the Kansas Legislature focusing on immigration laws is moving forward. The Kansas House recommended House Bill 2717 be passed Tuesday evening. The bill was first introduced on Feb. 22 at the request of Attorney General Derek Schmidt in reaction to Wyandotte County passing the 'Safe and Welcoming' ordinance on [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT)-- At 21-years-old, Emily Cowan - a Kansas native - is living through decades of memories thanks to her camera and love for writing. "It turned into, 'well, let me think about this on a deeper level of what is the history of this building?' People had memories here," Cowan said. You may have [...]

FORT RILEY (KSNT) - Many soldiers from Fort Riley in Kansas have been deployed in Europe for almost a year, and thanks to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, they will be there “as long as they are needed.” To help Fort Riley families get answers on what's going on with their loved ones, Fort Riley [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The City of Topeka's mayor and manager met for a monthly press conference Tuesday to discuss city projects, the search for a permanent city manager and more. One of the first things that the pair discussed was updates on the Polk Quincy Viaduct project. "You're gonna start seeing some action that really [...]

MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - K-State's men's basketball's leading scorer is entering his name in the 2022 NBA Draft. This announcement came on Twitter. Pack averaged 17.4 points per game this past season. He can still choose to not be drafted and return to college basketball.

CLAY CENTER (KSNT) - Dana Rickley has been Clay County's Health Administrator for nearly 25 years. Although she is the boss at the health department, that's not the way she likes to think about it. "They tell me things that they want to do and then I find a way to make it happen and [...]

MANHATTAN, Kan. (KSNT) - Spring cleaning is making its return in the Little Apple. From April 4 to 8, the City of Manhattan is holding its annual Spring Cleanup effort to allow locals the chance to clean up their properties with free haul-away for most yard waste items. The city said it will only pick [...]

TOPEKA (KSNT) - The Greater Topeka Partnership held their annual meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Stormont Vail Events Center's Exhibition hall. "Today is the Greater Topeka Partnership annual meeting and I like to call it the community annual meeting. We like to have a nod towards the future at all times. We will do a [...]